Nigel Goodwin said:Not really, it's perfectly normal to read a voltage difference between earth and neutral, usually a few volts - you can even run small torch bulbs off of it, and it doesn't register on your meter!![]()
13A switched sockets in the UK only switch the live, so if you're soldering on a live chassis TV set with an earthed soldering iron, and only switch it off at the socket - then as soon as you touch the chassis with the soldering iron it blows the earth leakage trip! - as you say, neutral to earth provides enough current to take the RCD out![]()
I never had that problem until I moved to Australia. It could be because I lived in a city in the UK and now live in a rural area. I'm guessing that Pilsley is a rural area.
Mike.